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Title chase gets closer with another Rosberg victory

Hamilton and Rosberg are now split by just two points in the drivers' standings

It was another comfortable win the one that Nico Rosberg grabbed at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. MercedesMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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were back on the two higher steps of the podium, as Lewis Hamilton recovered from a bad start to finish in runner up position. With this result the two Mercedes drivers are now split by just two points in the championship standings with the Brit still hanging to the lead.

Rosberg led the race from start to finish, crossing the checkered flag with a 15 second lead over Hamilton. He grabbed his 21st win of his career and the seventh of the 2016 season.

The Tiffosi fans still celebrated a podium finish from Sebastian Vettel. His Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth.

It didn't start off well for Hamilton that fell to sixth place, while Rosberg held to first place holding off Vettel's challenge into Turn 1. The Mercedes German driver made a series of fastest laps to quickly build a gap between him and the Ferrari duo.

Hamilton had to make his way through Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas to get himself behind the two Ferraris. He would get ahead of Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen with the two visits to the pitstops.

Daniel Ricciardo finished in fifth place after overtaking Bottas, benefitting for fresher super-soft tyres. Max Verstappen finished seventh passing Sergio Perez on the last moments. Felipe Massa and Nico Hulkenberg completed the top 10.

With these results Williams has managed to move back to fourth place in the constructors' standings ahead of Force India. However the British team has just a three point lead.|Force India}. However the British team has just a three point lead.

Check the Driver's and Consctructor's World Championship standings here.

Results Italian Grand Prix 2016
POS	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h17m28.089s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	15.070s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	20.990s
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	27.561s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	45.295s
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	51.015s
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	54.236s
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	1m04.954s
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1m05.617s
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1m18.656s
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1 Lap
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1 Lap
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	1 Lap
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1 Lap
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1 Lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1 Lap
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1 Lap
18	Esteban Ocon	Manor	2 Laps
-	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Battery
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	Oil pressure
-	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Collision
-	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	Collision